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From 100m sprints to 100 footballers: our favourite things online this weekhttp://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2013/nov/22/favourite-things-week-sports-journalism-eulace-peacock
The best sports journalism from around the web, featuring transsexual fandom, BASE jumping, the history of WWF wrestling, Barcelona and jingle bells in NBA basketball<p><strong>Thanks for all your comments and suggestions on <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2013/nov/13/best-sport-journalism-nfl-basketball" title="">our last blog</a>.</strong></p><p><strong><a href="http://inbedwithmaradona.com/journal/2013/11/20/ibwm100-for-2013-a-year-in-review-week-1">1) In Bed With Maradona: The 100 for 2013 reviewed</a></strong></p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2013/nov/22/favourite-things-week-sports-journalism-eulace-peacock">Continue reading...</a>SportFootballUS sportsAthleticsOlympic GamesExtreme sportsNBAWrestlingBarcelonaHorse racingEgyptAl AhlyOlympicsFri, 22 Nov 2013 16:23:15 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2013/nov/22/favourite-things-week-sports-journalism-eulace-peacockNew York Daily News Archive/NY Daily News via Getty ImagesJesse Owens of Ohio is shown taking a 100-yard dash beating from Eulace Peacock of Temple. Photograph: Charles Payne/NY Daily News via Getty ImagesIBWMThe IBWM 100. Illustrations: Michael AtkinsonIBWMIBWM Photograph: IBWMPaul Campbell2013-11-22T16:23:15ZClub World Cup: Al Ahly put Chelsea's problems in perspective | Louise Taylorhttp://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2012/dec/05/club-world-cup-ahly-chelsea-problems
Rafa Benítez may be struggling at Stamford Bridge but his counterpart at Al Ahly manages a team who have not played a league game in 10 months<p>If Rafael Ben&iacute;tez thinks he has problems Chelsea's manager should have a chat to Hossam El-Badry in Japan next week. Like Ben&iacute;tez, the Al Ahly coach is fairly new to his job but, unlike the Spaniard, he faces the peculiar problem of being in charge of a team who last played a league game in February.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2012/dec/05/club-world-cup-ahly-chelsea-problems">Continue reading...</a>Club World CupChelseaAl AhlyFootballSportWed, 05 Dec 2012 11:11:24 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2012/dec/05/club-world-cup-ahly-chelsea-problemsRex FeaturesAl-Ahly players flee from the pitch at the Port Said stadium. At least 74 people were killed during violent clashes at the ground in February. Photograph: Rex FeaturesLouise Taylor2012-12-05T11:11:24ZWembley's new cash cow adds to pre-season bonanza | Sachin Nakranihttp://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2009/jul/23/barcelona-tottenham-celtic-wembley
The aim of pre-season friendlies is not just to stretch the legs but also to fill the boots<p><strong>The following correction was was printed in the Guardian's Corrections and clarifications column, Tuesday 28 July 2009</strong></p><p>In the article below about football friendlies as money-spinners we said that Celtic recently made their first trip to Australia. In fact, Celtic, along with Arsenal, played in Australia in a four-team friendly tournament in 1977.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2009/jul/23/barcelona-tottenham-celtic-wembley">Continue reading...</a>Premier LeagueTottenham HotspurBarcelonaCelticAl AhlyFootballSportWembley stadiumUK newsThu, 23 Jul 2009 21:07:59 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2009/jul/23/barcelona-tottenham-celtic-wembleyAdam Davy/Empics SportWembley stadium will play host to Barcelona and Lionel Messi in a pre-season tournament. Photograph: Adam Davy/Empics SportAdam Davy/Empics SportLionel Messi in Barcelona's iconic red and blue strip, with Unicef adorning the front Photograph: Adam Davy/Empics SportSachin Nakrani2009-07-23T21:07:59ZFootball: James Montague on the world's most violent derby - Zamalek v Al Ahlyhttp://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/jul/18/alahly.zamalek
A clash of nationalism, class and escapism going back 100 years means it's not just fists that fly in the Cairo derby<p>My Egyptian taxi driver gave me a pitied, concerned look as I handed my cash over at Sharjah Airport. I was on my way to his homeland, to Cairo, and the conversation, as it always tends to do in the Middle East with taxi drivers, turned to football. </p><p>&quot;I am Al Ahly, of course,&quot; he told me, betraying his allegiance to Egypt's most successful football club. I was flying to Egypt to watch Al Ahly take on Zamalek in the Cairo derby, in the biggest match in Africa, in one of the most violent football fixtures in the history of the game, in front of a 100,000 strong, perfectly partisan crowd. The previously happy taxi driver's demeanour turned dark as he handed me my change. &quot;Do not go,&quot; he intoned gravely. &quot;You will be killed.&quot; </p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/jul/18/alahly.zamalek">Continue reading...</a>FootballAl AhlyZamalekEgyptSportFri, 18 Jul 2008 11:33:52 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/jul/18/alahly.zamalekKhaled Desouki/AFPAl Ahly and Zamalek players tussle for the ball. Photograph: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty ImagesKhaled Desouki/AFPAl Ahly v Zamalek. Photograph: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty ImagesJames Montague2008-07-18T11:33:52Z